Looking for a scifi novel involving telepathy.

[cstanleytech]

I know its not Anne McCaffrey nor Christopher Stasheff
Story line involved from what I recall a guy going to a planet as some sort of agent and he had to then escape the planet at which point he used his powers he had developed to keep the aliens from capturing him and the ship he was escaping on.
Read it back in the mid 80s but for the life of me I cannot recall the author or title.

[Xipe Totec]

1. I'm sending you the title telepathically

Did you get it?















And no, I've no idea which novel that is.

[akraven]

2. Probably Asimov. He was way ahead of his time!

Or Heinlein.

[cstanleytech]

5. Nope, read all their works and it was not either of them.

[akraven]

7. Darn. Now I'm actually going to have to THINK????

I have 2500 books in our collection.....……… LOL! Local librarians love me when I come in to buy the used ones!

Yes, we had to rent a storage locker.....

I know the book you're asking about but damn if I can remember the author.

[cstanleytech]

9. 1800 when I last counted 20 years ago and its grown alot since then. :)

[akraven]

10. Isn't it great? Nothing better than a new book, even if it's an old one!

There's one terrific used book store here - good condition stuff. First-run titles at 5th run prices. I love them!

[cstanleytech]

11. Unfortunately the majority of used book stores in this area have closed down over

the past 20 years and there are only 2 left.
You would think there would be a larger demand here since it is a city with a teaching hospital but clearly there is not.

[akraven]

12. We have three, and we're not a city............

Barely a borough with only about 80K residents in a space larger than most of New England. But books seem to be the way a lot of us get through the winter dark!

[nitpicker]

13. There was one Heinlein book where telepathy played a role

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_for_the_Stars

In that book, the Long Range Foundation used twin/triplet telepathy to communicate between space-colonization ships and Earth.

[cstanleytech]

15. Telepathy was used in some of his other works though not as much

however that aside that unfortunately is not the book I am in search of but I thank you nonetheless.

[LunaSea]

3. Tried the SF Encyclopedia?

http://www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/telepathy

[More_Cowbell]

4. If that doesn't work (very cool site!)

I usually look at Blooksleuth on abebooks http://forums.abebooks.com/discussions/AbeBookscom_BookSleuthreg/abesleuthcom?dbg=6&redirCnt=1

but here's one just for SF: https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/

[cstanleytech]

6. Thanks, tried them awhile ago but might give it another shot.

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

8. Have no idea about that novel,

but a brand new one about telepathy is Connie Willis's Crosstalk.

[nitpicker]

14. One of Lois McMaster Bujold's books also had it as an element

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethan_of_Athos

One character approaches the hero, thinking himself to be the last survivor of a project to create telepaths.

[ms liberty]

16. Do you include "Escape Velocity" when you say not Stasheff?

Its not a Warlock novel and there is some similarity in the story you're describing.

[cstanleytech]

17. I checked my copy and that's not it either, thank you though.

[LunaSea]

18. Got any recollection of the publishing date?

I've many reference books on the genre, but most are limited to the early 80s and before.

[cstanleytech]

19. Nope but the copy I read back in the mid 80s to early 80s had to have been less than 5 years old

as it was a paperback from the library and was barely read.

[FeatherFox]

20. Have you looked at?

Telzey Amberdon and Trigger Argee?

You can also check this list, mayhap?

https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/512.Best_Novels_About_Telepaths

[cstanleytech]

21. Yes and I even added Warrior Planet by Don Wismer to it a few months ago LOL

[FeatherFox]

22. LOL

[FeatherFox]

23. Try asking here :)

https://scifi.stackexchange.com/